Daniel Defoe 
A General History of the Pyrates 
From their first rise and settlement in the island of Providence, to the present time

This book argues that employers organizations are resilient organizations that adapt to changing circumstances by developing new practices. Adaptation has been prompted by changing economic and …

The Simla Convention of 1914, held between Great Britain, China, and Tibet, demarcated the border between India and Tibet and gave birth to the Mc Mahon Line. This volume critically examines the …

Canadian Multiculturalism and the Far Right examines a neglected aspect of the history of 20th century Canadian multiculturalism and the far right to illuminate the ideological foundations of the …

Independence and Nation-Building in Latin America: Race and Identity in the Crucible of War reconceptualizes the history of the break-up of colonial empires in Spanish and Portuguese America. In …

The Royal Navy and the Slave Trade, first published in 1987, offers a detailed analysis of the Royal Navy s slave trade suppression on the East Coast of Africa an area often neglected in studies of …

This book provides an up-to-date overview of the foundations of spacetime physics. It features original essays written by world-class experts in the physics and philosophy of spacetime. The …

For Charles V and Philip II, both of whom expected to continue the momentum of the Reconquista into a campaign against Islam, the theology and political successes of Martin Luther and John Calvin …

Exploring the formation of networks across late medieval Central Europe, this book examines the complex interaction of merchants, students, artists, and diplomats in a web of connections that linked …

Apprenticeship in early modern Europe has been the subject of important research in the last decades, mostly by economic historians; but the majority of the research has dealt with cities or …